US intelligence chief James Clapper resigns

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Thursday that he had submitted his resignation, stepping down as President-elect Donald Trump begins to assemble his new administration.

“I submitted my letter of resignation last night,” the retired air force lieutenant general, 75, told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

“I got 64 days left and I think I will have a hard time with my wife for anything past that,” he said.